THE HOSPITAL STAFF CONFERENCE: ESSENTIALS IN A STAFF CONFERENCE APPROVED FOR HOSPITALS

ABSTRACT

The wording of the title of this paper is adaptad from the pamphlet issued by the Council on Medical Education and Hospitals entitled "Essentials in a Hospital Approved for Interns,"1 as will be recognized by representatives of that group in the medical profession which is being made to assume responsibilities in an authoritative way for the creation and maintenance of these standards. Such men are becoming a marked group in our profession—not trained by medical schools to this end but through later experience and native ability finding the field theirs by necessity if not always by choice. The creative features and the results obtained make it often a fascinating field.

The staff conference, both as a subject of deliberation and as a hospital function, presents a wider variety of interest than would seem possible on first thought. It is a very good thing to be made to consider and

First Page Preview

Figures

Tables

References

Letters

The American Medical Association is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The AMA designates this journal-based CME activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditTM per course. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with
the extent of their participation in the activity. Physicians who complete the CME course and score at least 80% correct on the quiz are eligible for AMA PRA Category 1 CreditTM.

This feature is provided as a courtesy. By using it you agree that that you are requesting the material solely for personal, non-commercial use, and that it is subject to the AMA's Terms of Use. The information provided in order to email this article will not be shared, sold, traded, exchanged, or rented. Please refer to The JAMA Network's Privacy Policy for additional information.

Athens and Shibboleth are access management services that provide single sign-on to protected resources. They replace the multiple user names and passwords necessary to access subscription-based content with a single user name and password that can be entered once per session. It operates independently of a user's location or IP address. If your institution uses Athens or Shibboleth authentication, please contact your site administrator to receive your user name and password.

What is this ?

Article rental gives users the ability to access the full text of an article and its supplementary content for 24 hours.
Access to the PDF is only available via article purchase.